[Ads-l] antedating of "dogey"

[Jonathan Lighter]

An unacclimated or undernourished young steer. Becomes common in print in
1885. OED: 1886.

All exx. from GenealogyBank.

1884 _Weekly News_ (Denver) (March 5) 7 :  We hear of some outfits close to
Sidney have lost a good many "dogies" that were put on the range late in
the fall.

1885 _Daily Journal_ (Miles City, Mont.) (Jan. 9) 4 :  Stock can now get at
feed easily, and none but weak and poor dogies are likely to go under.

1885 _Austin Weekly Statesman_ (Apr. 23) 1: A large percentage of the
yearlings are "dogies," owing to a dry summer and hard winter.

1885 _St. Paul Daily Globe_ (Dec. 9)  5: Every season thousands of cattle
from half a year to two years old to two years old are driven from the
southern country hundreds of miles north....These importations from the
south are known as "Dogies" among  the cowboys.

  JL
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